#28a2c8

Color #28a2c8

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Deep Sky Blue #00bfff · ΔE 17.46 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.3

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Conversions

HEX

#28a2c8

RGB

rgb(40, 162, 200)

HSL

hsl(194.3, 66.7%, 47.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.3, 80%, 78.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(80%, 19%, 0%, 21.6%)

LAB

lab(62.05, -19.44, -28.7)

LCH

lch(62.05, 34.66, 235.89)

OKLCH

oklch(66.5%, 0.1152, 224.33)

HWB

hwb(194.3, 15.7%, 21.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c84e28

Analogous

#28c89e

#28a2c8

#2852c8

Triadic

#28a2c8

#c828a2

#a2c828

Split-complementary

#28a2c8

#c82852

#c89e28

Tetradic

#28a2c8

#4e28c8

#c84e28

#a2c828

Square

#28a2c8

#9e28c8

#c84e28

#52c828

Shades

Color #28a2c8 mixed toward black.

#2187a7

#1b6c85

#145164

#0d3643

#071b21

Tints

Color #28a2c8 mixed toward white.

#44b6da

#69c4e1

#8fd3e9

#b4e2f0

#daf0f8

Tones

Color #28a2c8 mixed toward gray.

#359bbb

#4394ae

#508da0

#5d8693

#6b7f85

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7273c0 · ΔE 25.2

Deuteranopia

#6c62be · ΔE 29.3

Tritanopia

#37b9b7 · ΔE 15.6

Achromatopsia

#969696 · ΔE 20.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #28a2c8;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#28a2c8]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#28a2c8 (#28a2c8) is rgb(40, 162, 200) in RGB.

No, #28a2c8 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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